The Laker-Wesley Chapel/New Tampa-July 13, 2016

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Paper recyclables permitted at curb By Kathy Steele ksteele@lakerlutznews.com

Curbside recycling is expanding. For the first time in Pasco County’s recycling history, newspaper, cardboard and other mixed paper are now eligible for the county’s curbside pickup program. No additional fees will be charged. Residents who pay for twice-a-week trash service already are billed for the recycling service. Items already accepted are aluminum cans, metal food cans, plastic bottles, jars and containers with numbered codes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7, and glass bottles and jars in clear, green and brown colors. Now, county officials say residents can drop paper and cardboard into their recy-

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cling containers along with the jars, cans and bottles they normally discard. In addition to newspapers, “mixed paper” includes inserts, junk mail, office paper, paper bags and wrapping paper. Cardboard includes shipping containers that have been flattened, cereal boxes, shirt inserts, cardboard tubes and shoeboxes. The Pasco County Commission discussed the addition of paper and cardboard as pickup items at a May 17 workshop, and agreed the change made sense.

It is a good conservation measure, and “reduces and keeps landfill space free for other types of trash that can’t be recycled,” Pasco County Commissioner Mike Moore said in an email to The Laker/Lutz News. The six haulers who provide trash service to county residents began accepting the expanded list of recyclables effective June 29. Paper and cardboard have been excludSee PAPER, page 11A

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Ruth Smith Adams and brother, Bill Smith, received a resolution from the Pasco County Commission thanking them for efforts to preserve the heritage of Pasco County and Wesley Chapel. From left, front row: Pasco County Commissioner Mike Moore, Pasco County Clerk of Court Paula O’ Neil, Bill Smith, Ruth Smith Adams, Pasco County Chairwoman Kathryn Starkey and Pasco County Commissioner Jack Mariano. From left, back row: Pasco County Commissioner Ted Schrader, Pasco County Commissioner Mike Wells, Pasco County Administrator Michele Baker and Pasco County Attorney Jeffrey Steinsnyder.

Pioneer descendants receive historical honor By Kathy Steele ksteele@lakerlutznews.com

On the momentous occasion when Florida issued its first drivers’ licenses in 1940, Ruth Smith made history. County Judge O. L. Dayton Jr., pulled a desk into the hallway at the Dade City courthouse and plopped the 17-year-old into a chair in front of a manual typewriter. “People lined up and stood as I typed up the first driver’s license in Pasco County,” said Ruth Smith Adams, now age 93.“I even typed up my mother and father’s (licenses).That’s probably before most of you were born. Here, I’m back this time, and it’s amazing.” Adams was addressing the Pasco County Commission, which was bestowing a resolution it passed honoring her and her 91-year-old brother, Bill Smith, for their work in preserving the heritage of Wesley Chapel and Pasco County. LK/LZ

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They accepted the resolution on June 7 in what is now the Dade City Historic Courthouse. The siblings are descendants of one of Pasco’s pioneering families dating back to 1867 when their great- Ruth Smith Adams and her brother, Bill Smith, are descendants of grandfather,William R. one of the pioneer families that settled Wesley Chapel. Smith, settled in Wesley Chapel after the Civil War. In 1883, the elder Smith beLocal historian Madonna Jervis Wise came owner of 160 acres of open land under recorded the memories and recollections of the Homestead Act of 1862. He married Adams and Smith during hours of interAnnie E. Sims and had six children, including views for her book, “Images of America: Daniel Smith, the grandfather of Adams and Wesley Chapel.” Bill Smith. The pair also provided Wise with docuWesley Chapel remained part of ments including homesteading deeds and Hernando County until 1887, when maps See PIONEER, page 11A were redrawn to create Pasco.

New hangar coming to Zephyrhills Airport By Kevin Weiss

there,’ and that’s what we can offer.” Nathan Coleman, deputy airA new hanger is being conport manager, called the new structed at the Zephyrhills hangar a “big advantage” for the Municipal Airport for the first time city’s airport going forward. in 16 years. “Each airport is very benefiThe 10,000-square-foot hangar, cial when they have a located on the northwest portion maintenance facility down on of the airport property, broke the field,” Coleman said. “When ground on June 22. commuter traffic or transit traffic Canco General Contractors excomes in, if they have a problem, pects to complete the hangar by they’ll actually have a facility to late October. go to.” The new hangar is owned by Coleman believes the econoThomas and Keith Morrell of TKM my is the main culprit for why a COURTESY OF TKM AVIATION Aviation. new business hangar hasn’t been The new business hangar broke ground on June 22. From left, They recently signed a 30-year built at the airport since JJ lease with the City of Zephyrhills Keith Morrell, John Prahl, Scott McBride, Melonie Monson and Aeronautics came aboard in for roughly $360 per month to use Thomas Morrell. 2000. He noted most of the the land where the hangar is hangars at the airport are citybeing constructed. come in if they had an issue,” Morrell said. owned and rented out by private airplane The hangar will primarily house the “There wasn’t really anybody (at the airport) owners. company’s small piston aircraft mechanic, that could take on that work, and we no“It is exciting, to get a new business maintenance and inspection shop,Thomas ticed that there was a need,” he added. hangar here,” Coleman said. Morrell said. Morrell continued:“Zephyrhills has the TKM Aviation has been operating out of “One of the primary reasons we picked lowest fuel prices in the region, so they get the airport’s Aerocenter, where they’ve Zephyrhills to open a business was there a lot of traffic from people flying their air- leased space since Aug. 2015. was no real maintenance on the field — planes, and you never know what’s going to “We (always) intended to build a hangar, there was not really a shop there that could happen; you try to take off, something See AIRPORT, page 11A be on-call if needed where pilots could breaks and, ‘Hey, you need a mechanic

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